A TABLE Of the chief Matters contained in the CONFESSION of FAITH and LARGER CATECHISM. Con. signifies the Confession of Faith. The first number denotes the Chapter, the following figures denote the Paragraphs. Cat. signifies the Larger Catechism, and the figures denote the numbers of the Questions. A The per ginal corruption of nature, con. vi. 4. cat. ACCEPTlievers are accept Admonition of the church, con. ed as righteous in the sight of God only for the obedience and satisfaction of Christ, con. xi. 1. cat. 70. Which is imputed to them by God, and received by faith, con. xi. 1. cat. 70, 71, 72. How their good works are accepted in Christ, con. xvi. 6. Acceptance in prayer through Christ and his mediation, cat. 180. Access. No access unto the presence of God without the Mediator Jesus Christ, con. xii. cat. 39, 55, 181. Who hath purchased for believers under the gospel, a greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of, con. xx. 1. Actions. God orders and governs all the actions of his creatures by his most wise and holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge and immutable decree, con. v. 1. cat. 18. See Providence. Actual sins proceed from the ori XXX. 4. Adoption, the nature and privileges of it, con. xii. cat. 74. Adultery, a just ground of divorce, con. xxiv. 5, 6. Aggravations of sin, cat. 151. Amen, the meaning of it, cat. 196. Angels, God's decree concerning them, con. iii. 3, 4. cat. 13. How created, cat. 16. God's providence towards them, cat. 19. They are all employed at his pleasure in the administrations of his power, mercy, and justice, ib. Not to be worshipped, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105. Antichrist, what, con. XXV. 6. The Pope is Antichrist, ib. Antiquity, no pretence for using the devices of men in the worship of God, cat. 109. Anxiety about the things of this life sinful, cat. 105, 136, 142. The Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, is of no authority in the church, con. i. 3. Immodest Apparel forbidden, cat. "C c 139. Ascension Ascension of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 53. Assembly. See Councils.' of God not to be carelessly or wilfully neglected, con. xxi. 6. Assurance of grace and salvation attainable in this life, con. xviii. 1, 2. cat. 80. Without extraordinary revelation, con. xviii. 3. cat. 80. Upon what it is founded, con. iii. 8. xviii. 2. cat. 80. It is strengthened by good works, con. xvi. 2. Believers may want it, con. xviii. 3. cat. 80, 172. They may have it diminished and intermitted; and be deprived of comfort, and the light of God's countenance, con. xi. 5. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. cat. 81. But they are never utterly destitute of that seed of God, and life of faith and love, &c. out of which assurance may, by the Spirit, be in due time revived, con. xviii. 4. cat. 81. And by which, in the mean time, they are supported from utter despair, ib. It is the duty of all to endeavour after assurance, con. xviii. 3. And to pray for it, cat. 194. The fruits of it; it inclines not to looseness, con. xviii. 3. Atheism, the denying or not having a God, cat. 105. Attributes of God, con. ii. 1, 2. cut. 7, 8, 101. B BAPTISM, what, con. xxviii. 1, 2. cat. 165. To continue to the end of the world, con. xxviii. 1. cat. 176. But once to be administered to any person, con. xxviii. 7. eat. 177. By whom, con. xxvii. 4. xxviii. 2. cat. 176. To whom, con. xxviii. 4. cat. 166. Dipping not necessary in baptism: But it may be rightly administered by sprinkling, con. xxviii. 3. Baptism not necessary to salvation, yet it is a sin to neglect it, con. xxviii. 5. The efficacy of it, con. xxviii. 6. How to be improved, cat. 167. Wherein it agrees with the Lord's supper, cat. 176. And wherein they differ, cat. 177. Believers. See Faith, Justification, Acceptance, Adoption, Sanctification, Union, Communion, Liberty, Works, Perseverance, Assurance. Benefits which the members of the invisible church enjoy by Christ, cat. 65. The benefits of Christ's mediation, cat. 57, 58. The Body of Christ, how present in the sacrament, con. xxix. 7. cat. 170. The mystical Body of Christ. True believers are members of Christ's mystical body, con. xxix. 1. cat. 168. Which is the whole number of the elect that have been, are, or shall be united to Christ as their head, con. XXV. 1. What that union is, cat. 66. See Communion. The Bodies of the elect after death, and at the resurrection, con. xxxii. 2, 3. cat. 86, 87. Of the wicked, ib. Lascivious Books not to be read, cat. 139. C CALLING. See Effectual Calling. To have a lawful calling, and to be diligent in it, is a duty, cat. 141. Vows of Celibacy unlawful, con. xxii. 7. cat. 139. Censures of the church, what, con. xxx. 2, 4. Their use, con. Xxx. 3. Who are to be proceeded against by the censures of the church, con. XX. 4. xxix. 8. XXX. 2. They are to be managed according to the nature of the crime, and the demerit of the person, con. xxx. 4. Penitent sinners are to be absolved from censures, con. xxx. 2. Censuring. Censuring. Rash, harsh, and par- Children that die in infancy, how the only Mediator between God Judge, Merit, Messiah, Name Christian liberty. See Liberty. special providence, con. v. 7. God according to his will, ib. grace was administered under The Ten Commandments are the The fourth, cat. 115,-121. The Communion. See The Lord's Communion of saints, wherein it ment, cat. 87, 90. It is a con ment with our own estate a sin, Controversies. It belongs to sy- Our Our Conversation ought to be in holiness and righteousness, answerable to an holy profession, cat. 112, 167. Corruption of nature, what, con. vi. 2, 4. cat. 25. A consequence of the fall of man, ib. Actual sin a fruit of it, con. vi. 4. cat. 25. How it is propagated, con. vi. 3. cat. 26. It doth remain during this life in the regenerate, and all its motions are truly sin, con. vi. 5. xiii. 2. cat. 78. But it is pardoned and mortified through Christ, con. vi. 5. Covenant. No enjoying of God but by way of covenant, con. vii. 1. Covenant of works, what, and with whom made, con. iv. 2. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20, 22. Perfect, personal, and perpetual obedience, the condition of it, con. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20. It is called a law, and a command, con. iv. 2. and a law given as a covenant, con. xix. 1. and a covenant of life, of which the tree of life was a pledge, cat. 20. Covenant of grace, what, con. vii. 3. cat. 30, 32. It was made with Christ as the second Adam, and with all the elect in him as his seed, cat. 31. In it God requireth of sinners faith in Christ, that they may be justified and saved, con. vii. 3. cat. 71. Faith being required as the condition to interest them in Christ, cat. 32. Who is the Mediator of this covenant, con. viii. 1. cat. 36. Why it is called a testament, con. vii. 4. It was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gospel, con. vii. 5. cat. 33. How it was administered under the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34. How under the gospel, con. vii. 6. cat. 35. Councils or Synods ought to be, con. xxxi. 1. They may be called by the civil magistrate, con. xxiii. 3. xxxi. 2. When ministers may meet without the call of the civil magistrate, con. xxxi. 2. What power councils have, con. xxxi. 3. What submission due to their decrees, ib. Not infallible since the apostles' time, con. xxxi. 4. But their determinations are to be tried by the scriptures, con. i. 10. How far they may meddle in civil affairs, con. xxxi. 5. Creation of the world, con. iv. 1. cat. 15. Of man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. Of angels, cat. 16. Creatures. Dominion over the creatures given to man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. They are cursed for our sakes since the fall, cat. 28. Religious worship to be given to no creature, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105. Curiosity. Bold and curious searching into God's secrets discharged, cat. 105. Curious prying into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113. Curious or unprofitable questions are to be avoided, ib. The curse and wrath of God, man liable to it, both by original and actual sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 27. How it may be escaped, con. vii. 3. cat. 153. Cursing sinful, cat. 113. D DANCING. Lascivious dancing forbidden, cat. 139. Dead not to be prayed for, con. xxi. 4. cat. 183. Death, being the wages of sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 28, 84. It is appointed for all men, cat. 84. How it is an advantage to the righteous, cat. 85. The state of believers immediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. of the wicked, ib. The Death of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 49. In it he saw no corruption, con. viii. 4. cat. 52. The divine nature having sustained the human from sinking under Cc 3 the |